Reissued August 25, 2009

Motown

3xLP

Songs in the Key of Life is one of those albums that is so essential it almost feels like a fool’s errand to even write about it, but we’ll try. This mammoth 3 LP set is chocked full of instantly recognizable soul standards (“Sir Duke”, “Isn’t She Lovely”) indictments on materialism that went on to live a second life via Coolio and “Weird Al” Yankovic (“Pastime Paradise”) and ten minute long funk jams featuring the likes of Bobbi Humprhey (“Another Star”). Whatever you’re looking for, it’s here.